Teacher Resources

Award Maker

Certificate Creator - Make and print certificates.

Certificate Magic - Create and print personalized certificates and awards.

Backchanneling, Feedback Response, Whiteboards

Classkick - Interactive assessment and communication tool with features of Seesaw, Google Classroom, and Google Forms.

EDpuzzle - Engage and collaborate with your students using video.

Flipgrid - Educators post discussion prompts and students respond with short videos, whether they are learning in class or at home.

Kahoot! - Create quizzes or feedback response questions and have the kids answer on their device.

Lino It Online Stickies - Create a digital bulletin board.

Pear Deck - Engage your students in your presentation by allowing them to collaborate and participate with you.

Plickers - A classroom polling system. All you need to get started is paper and a single smartphone.

Whiteboard.fi - An online collaborative whiteboard where teachers and students can work together.

Blogs

Edmodo - A way to connect teachers and students, engage and learn both inside and outside the classroom

EduBlog - Educational blog site.

Kidblog - Free, safe and simple blogging site for students.

Bookmarking Sites

Diigo - Bookmark, highlight, save notes, pictures, and screen shots.

SymbalooEDU - Organize your teacher resources in one place.

Only2Cilcks - Bookmark all you favorite websites.

Common Core Lesson Planning

Common Core Planner - Integrate and track common core standards into your lesson plans.

Learn Zillion - Videos and lesson plans for the common core standards.

Curriculum Education Resource Links

Cool Tools for Schools - A list of collaborative tools that can be used in the classroom.

Education.com - Lots of resources for teachers!

Free Tech for Teachers - Resources for using technology across the curriculum.

Illuminations - Resources for teaching math.

LiveBinders - A workspace created for educators to share and categorize educational resources.

National Geographic Edu - Teacher resources, activities, projects, news, mapping, multimedia and geo-literacy.

NoRedInk - Help your students improve their grammar and writing skills.

ReadWorks - Reading comprehension passages for every lexile and grade level.

ReadWriteThink - Lessons and interactives for improving teaching and learning of English and language arts.

ScienceNetLinks - Find science lessons and tools for K-12.

TeacherFileBox - A selection of state standards-correlated teaching resources.

TED - Lessons worth sharing.

Flashcards

Flash Card Maker by Scholastic - Make your own flashcards.

Flippity.net - Easily turn a Google Sheet into flashcards, crossword puzzles, Bingo, Mad Libs, and other cool stuff!

Study Shack - Create flashcards and quiz yourself online, or download the app and quiz yourself on the go.

Quizlet - Make and print your own flashcards and/or play games using those cards online or download the app.

File Converter

Zamzar - Use this tool to send and share large files.

Games and Puzzles

Brain Break: Gonoodle - Channels positive energy in the classroom with activities and brain games. Get up and move!

ClassTools.net - Create free educational games, quizzes, activities, and diagrams in seconds.

Crossword Maker - Crossword puzzle maker.

Crossword Puzzles - Create your own crossword puzzle.

Puzzle Maker - Make your own word search, criss-cross, mazes, double puzzles, letter tiles, and more.

Teacher's Corner: Crossword Puzzle Maker - Make crossword puzzles to print and share.

Word Search Wizard - Make your own customized word search puzzles.

Global Collaboration Tools

21st Century Schools - Guide for professional development curriculum design and many collaboration sites.

ePals - Select a project. Find a classroom from another part of the world. Start collaborating.

Global School Net - Supports 21st-century learning and academic performance with content-driven collaboration.

iEarn - Learning from others around the world.

Postcrossing - Send a postcard and receive a postcard back from a person somewhere in the world.

QuadBlogging - Sign up your class to be partnered with three other classes from all over the world.

Taking IT Global - Empowering students to understand and act on challenges in the world.

Graphic Organizers and KWL Charts

Graphic Organizers - Graphic organizers by Houghton Mifflin.

Graphic Organizer Maker - Use this graphic organizer maker to create custom graphic organizer worksheets.

Interactive Graphic Organizers - Online, interactive graphic organizers students can type on and print out.

Popplet - Create individual or group graphic organizers and share or print.

SymballooEdu - Manage and organize all of your websites online!

Math Tools

Inside Mathematics - Problem-solving math topics for all grade levels.

IXL - Math resources for K-8.

Virtual Math Manipulatives - Tons of math manipulatives to use with your students.

Metric Conversion Calculator - Use this tool to convert area, volume, length, weight, and temperature.

That Quiz - A skills site for teachers to track student progress in math practice and testing.

Project-Based Learning

Project-Based Learning Checklist - Checklists to support Project Based Learning and evaluation.   

Rubrics

Kathy Schrock's Rubric Guide - A variety of student, multimedia, web 2.0, and curriculum subject rubrics.

RubiStar - Create your own rubrics or choose from an existing one.      

 Storyboards

Storyboard Organizer - A pdf storyboard plan containing six storyboard boxes and lines for writing.

Storyweb - A pdf storyweb plan containing boxes for slide content, transitions, music, voice, and notes.

Spelling and Grammar Tools

Grammarly - Grammarly makes sure everything you type is easy to read, effective, and mistake-free.

SpellingCity - Create and practice spelling words, sight words, color words, and more.

Wordly Wise - Language arts and vocabulary games and activities.

Timers and Random Name Pickers

Countdown Timers - Variety of countdown timers for the classroom.

Egg Timer - Stopwatch timer.

Random Name Picker - Enter student names, choose from 3 choices of name picker tools, embed it into a website.

URL Shortener

Bitly - Shorten long URLs

Videos

Brain Pop - Educational videos for all subject areas.

Khan Academy - Learn 1,000's of things for free by watching these tutorial videos

NeoK-12 - Educational videos, games, and lessons for grades K-12.

PBS Learning Media - Thousands of videos in many subject areas and grade levels.

Schoohouse Rock Videos - Find the lyrics and watch the videos for all subjects of Schoolhouse Rock.

TedEd Videos - Educational videos you can flip and customize to meet your classroom needs.

Watch Know Learn - Free educational videos organized by subject and age level.

Worksheets, PDFs, and Printables

PDF Candy - Tools to edit PDFs.

Super Teacher Worksheets - Thousands of printables for every subject including graphic organizers and KWL.

WorksheetWorks.com - Create customized worksheets in every subject area.

YouTube Filters

SafeShare TV - Copy and paste a YouTube URL into this tool and it will eliminate all the distractions of ads.

TubeChop - Cut or chop sections of YouTube videos. Embed or link just what you want to use.

Apps and Extensions

Apps - (Shortcuts to websites)

DOGO News - Current events articles for students and teachers.

EdPuzzle - Add questions and record voice on a YouTube video then share for assessment. Works with Google Classroom.

Gliffy - Create diagrams and charts.

Kami - Tool that allows the user to make highlights, strike-through, comments and other edits on a PDF then share.

Kahoot! - Create games, quizzes, share out the link and have fun learning!

Loupe Collage - Create collages with your images and pictures.

Lucas' Whiteboard - Easy way for students to draw.

Zoom - Video conference tool!

Extensions - (Programs to enhance the functionality of the Chrome browser.)

Bitmoji - Add clipart pictures of yourself to your email, Google Suite, and more! (You need to have it on your phone first.)

Crafty Text - A tool to project large text or websites for better viewing on screen.

dotEPUB - Takes a webpage and allows it to open on iBooks as an ePub.

EasyBib Toolbar - Works like the Easy Bib website for citing sources, but easier access.

Extensify - A way to organize your extensions.

Gafe Force Copy - This extension forces the "make a copy" option before editing a Doc, etc.

Giphy - Add animated gifs to your presentations to add some fun!

Goo.gl URL Shortener - Tool to shorten URLs and/or make QR codes. Great tool for centers!

One Tab - A way to share one link of multiple website links for safe searches.

Read and Write for Google - Reads selected text from almost anything and allows edits.

Readability - Takes ads and "junk" off of webpages for fewer distractions an easier reading.

Save to Drive - Quick shortcut to save your findings to Google Drive.

Screencastify - Screen capture video tool for Chrome. It also includes audio.

Screenshot - Takes instant screenshots of your screen.

Share to Classroom - Share websites instantly to students. Students need the extension on their devices.

Smallpdf - Auto convert any document from one format to another.

Sumo Paint - Painting and drawing tool.

Symbaloo Bookmarker - Quick shortcut to add links to a Symbaloo. Need a Symbaloo account.

Tab Glue - The tool to glue the split-screen function of Tab Scissors.

Tab Scissors - A quick way to split the screen in two for note-taking or viewing two screens at a time.

Typing Web - Master touch typing with this free online tool.

Web Paint - Draw on any web page, add shapes, fill color, and more.

YouTube Full Fill - Works similar to SafeShare TV in that it takes the distractions and ads off of YouTube videos.